Time

  I hope you will know when to stand up and when to sit down.  You should know when to take the lead and when to watch  Sometimes you have to allow yourself to be comfortable  You can unpack your belongings and choose to stay.  Yet on some occasions, you should pack your belongings and

Oh axe, the tree never forgets

Time heals all wounds but there are some experiences that our memory fails to forget. This is because these experiences might have left us feeling worthless, humiliated and hurt. Maybe people have fought back the tears because they were in public but when they were alone they let their hearts bleed through their tears. These

Light a candle

Mbuya sat on her favourite couch and when she called me she asked me to light the candles that were on a small table next to her. When I had finished lighting the candles Mbuya handed me an envelope. Was Mbuya ill or was she dying? I tried to fight that painful thought and sat

A decade ago…

Dear Diary  It has been ten years since I last saw  Mukoma Esau. I wonder if he still takes a cup of black coffee in the morning. Does he still go for a walk to the shops and buy a newspaper? I wonder if my brother misses me.   When I last saw him, I was

Goodbye

I think I have seen enoughYour love was never big enoughTo break down the walls you built in doubtOf ever loving and pouring out Outside your heart’s door I cry outOut in the pouring rain I scream loud‘Let me in we can work this’But the wound on your heart I can not heal itI would

Silence

I am quiet because I want peace.  I want to listen, listen, and talk less.   Sometimes all I want to do is rest  I also have conversations with Mwari.   I want to pour out my hopes, fears,   My thoughts race to many places Places that my feet have never been.  Many questions rob me

Heroes without capes

  Not all heroes wear capes or have known superpowers. Some heroes are ordinary people whose actions have sealed the crack or removed the dentin you. Some heroes have long forgotten their actions but how can you forget when they touched your heart and made you feel loved?     When I was in High School

Stay

If the pain does not go away ……. Pray for me so that I don’t give up Walk with me so that I realise that this life is worth living. Ask me to talk about all the things I am grateful for. Hold my hand and never let me go. May your acts be evident

Friends of The Baobab: It wasn’t a fairytale

Dear Alex Where exactly do I start? A lot has happened in a short space of time and it has become difficult to start from the very beginning. I can’t name what happened between us because like you said the first time we met, “naming relationships secretly destroys them”. I agree with you now because

Habra- Kadabra, make a wish

Missing….. Spending time with the people we love who are in distant places. Wishing…. If we had acted maturely and not selfishly, maybe we would not have lost beautiful friendships and relationships. Our loved ones had lived to see our success, our children or had been here to calm our fears. The world would easily